When Thomas Fenderson was born in 1764, in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Nathaniel Fenderson, was 46 and his mother, Mary Ayers, was 43. He married Mary Fly on 20 December 1791, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He died after 1850.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
Scottish: altered form of Finlayson or a variant of Henderson .
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